Because the Earth is roughly spherical, every flat map distorts our planet one way or another. The most popular version is the Mercator projection, created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus ...

IT is a common complaint that examination syllabuses exert an undue influence on the school curriculum ; but it is a chastening reflexion that, in the case of map projections, the regulations of ...

THE author of this book, realising that geographers are not necessarily mathematicians, has attempted to explain the subject of map projections. The construction of the map has frequently been ...

Most maps we see in our everyday lives are based on the Mercator projection, which was created in the 1500s.

Estimates of the map projection employed for an ancient map is a prerequisite for a variety of other studies. The preliminary evaluation presented here has yielded empirical equations for the Hereford ...

The popular map projection, which is also used by Google, shows the continents and countries in disproportionate sizes IT'S been revealed that the world map we've used for centuries doesn't ...

When this world map was charted in the 1600s according to the Mercator’s projection, the idea was that ships could use the lines of longitude and latitude as a from of navigation. The flat map ...

In Mr Krause's map (above) he seems to have used the shapes of the countries from a Mercator projection, but has scaled up the outline of Africa, without changing its shape, to show the ...

The AU will advocate for wider map adoption and discuss collective actions with member states, Ms Haddadi added. The Mercator projection is still widely used, including by schools and tech companies.